Major CCNA and CCNP Data Center training and exam update

The Cisco Data Center certification track has been revised for IT professionals to keep on top of the latest skills and trends in data center infrastructure, including management, automation, unified computing and advanced virtualization.

Data center technologies continue to evolve at a rapid pace, and to enable data center professionals to keep up with the changes, Cisco announced a major update to their CCNA and CCNP Data Center certification tracks. The new CCNA and CCNP Data Center certifications validate job-ready skills and knowledge in various technologies that enable the data center for IT-as-a-Service agile infrastructure. In addition to data center network management, key skills the Cisco CCNA and CCNP Data Center certification and training programs provide include streamlining operations through automation, establishing policy-driven infrastructure across data center physical and virtual resources, implementing unified computing and advanced virtualization, and the capability to collaborate efficiently with cloud and application services teams.

NIL has been actively involved in shaping the new CCNA and CCNP Data Center curricula.

In comparison with the v1.0 courses, the course names and acronyms remain the same but each of the exam numbers has been updated. Until April 11, 2017, candidates can choose to take either version of the exams based on their unique situation. The last day to test for the old 640-911 DCICN v1.0 and 640-916 DCICT v1.0 exams is April 11, 2017.